Cyber Security Attack
Global cyberattacks rise 38% with healthcare most targeted in India: Report
The top three most attacked industries in 2022 were Healthcare, Education/Research, and Government/Military
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Bluebugging: How hackers use your Bluetooth-enabled devices to steal data
Understanding the mechanism of the crime and the steps you must take to evade it
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Maharashtra: Man clicks on 'update' power bill link, loses Rs 2.14 lakh
A 48-year-old man from Nagpur in Maharashtra lost Rs 2.14 lakh after he clicked on the online link sent by fraudsters posing as state discom officials who asked him to "update" his electricity bill, police said on Tuesday. The victim received text messages on his mobile phone informing him that his electricity connection would be disconnected if he did not update and pay the "pending" bills in April this year. When he called on the contact number believing that the message came from the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL), the person from the other side asked him to install a remote access app on his mobile phone, a police official said. "After he downloaded the app, the fraudsters asked him to make the payment. Assuming that he was updating the bill, the man clicked on the link. Within seconds, an amount of Rs 2.14 lakh got transferred from his bank account to another account," the official said. A case was registered under various sections of the .
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Data breach menace
India needs an effective privacy law quickly
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313,000 cyber security incidents reported till October this year: Govt
Minister of State for Electronics and IT Sanjay Dhotre said security incidents that shall be mandatorily reported to CERT-In as early as possible to leave scope for action
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Not only large firms, smartphones also hotspots of cyberattacks: Study
In India, smartphones, the device that most people now carry in their pockets, have become a very large attack centre, said a top security expert
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Fresh graduates to spearhead HCL Technologies' cyber security push
HCL is working closely with universities in India, the US and Europe, and increasingly hiring locally
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'India hot favourite for a targeted cyber attack due to rapid digitisation'
An Israeli cyber security company said this in the wake of the 'WannaCry' attack
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